Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri has written to the State Government seeking permission to add 300 beds at Trauma Care Centre to take the tally to 700 beds and another 300 beds at Super Specialty Hospital with 20,000 litres capacity oxygen unit to deal with the current COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to T.K….
Dearth of passengers forces KSRTC to ply few buses
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Days after transport employees returned to work ending their 15-day strike on Apr. 21, the KSRTC is now facing dearth of passengers following the imposition of weekend curfew and enforcement of other severe restrictions to control the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which is causing havoc across the country. Although the KSRTC authorities…
Indian women’s recurve team wins Gold in Archery World Cup
April 26, 2021Guatemala: Indian women’s recurve team won a Gold Medal in the Archery World Cup in Guatemala yesterday. The team held its nerve to pip Mexico 5-4 (27-26) in an intriguing final to grab a gold medal. Locked 4-4 in the shoot-off, the Indian team comprising seasoned Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari shot 27…
Farmers protest against fertilizer price hike
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning the steep hike in the prices of fertilizers, farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), staged a demonstration in front of MP Pratap Simha’s Office at Jaladarshini Guest House here this morning. Maintaining that the fertilizer price hike will badly hurt the farmers, the protestors urged the Government to…
Ayurveda home remedies boost immunity against Corona: Experts
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As India scrambles to stop the spread of Covid-19, health experts have suggested boosting the body’s immune system by taking certain immune-boosting Ayurveda supplements. There are a number of herbal immune boosters available in the market to choose from. A mixture of herbs such as Holy Basil (Tulsi), Cinnamon (Dalchini), Black Pepper (Kari Menasu)…
This Reading Room crying for attention
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Here is a classic example of how the authorities have shown apathy in maintaining an ‘existing’ monumental 36-year-old Reading Room situated near the junction of Pulikeshi Road – Ashoka Road. The broken/cracked grey marble plaque still exists and it says: Reading Room was inaugurated on 2.9.1985 by the then Mayor Satyanarayana and in the…
World Book Day celebrated
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Public Libraries celebrated World Book Day by organising book expos at all its libraries in city and district on Friday. In Mysuru City, the day was celebrated at the City Central Library on Sayyaji Rao Road, Kuvempu Gnana Thana service centre and at libraries in Vivekanandanagar, Jayalakshmipuram, J.P. Nagar, Hebbal, Niveditha…
Nodal Officers appointed
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: For better management of COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has appointed Dr. Dinesh, General Surgeon, MMC&RI and Dr. Mohammed Shiraz Ahmed, District Tuberculosis Officer, as Nodal Officers for Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) and K.R. Hospital. In a press release here, the DC said these two Officers will take care of…
Setting fire to Maddur Forest in Bandipur
April 26, 2021One more nabbed; Total arrests goes up to four Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials, who had earlier arrested three persons on charges of setting fire to Maddur Forest in Bandipur Project Tiger recently, have arrested one more person, thus bringing the number of arrests to four. The arrested person is 55-year-old Kongalli of Lakshmipura village….
Education scheme posts to continue
April 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has decided to continue teaching and teaching posts under the Samagra Shiksha Yojana, for the coming academic year too. The State Planning Director had appealed the Government to continue with a total of 15,531 teaching and other posts and 1,444 non-teaching posts under the Samagra Shiksha Yojana for…
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